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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
3
In 1872 I joined the Athletics and entered a boxing bout in Brooklyn that shattered my overconfidence. I later met a boxing teacher named Billy McLean who exposed my inexperience, teaching me why my reach mattered less than technique. A chance meeting with a young woman then shifted my focus toward a serious life goal.
The Athletics and the Boston club toured England and Ireland in 1874 winning six of fourteen exhibition games in Britain and defeating several cricket clubs abroad. The tour boosted baseball's fame abroad while the author faced personal disappointment and a salary raise upon return.
In 1875 the Athletics faced a tough season with Boston sweeping a 71-8 record while Philadelphia’s team finished second. The narrator recalls a doubled life between baseball and a long romance, meeting Virginia M. Fiegal at a National Guards ball, beginning a 35 year companionship that began with a shy first impression and a brash young look.
A traveler recalls a rough Atlantic crossing ending in Philadelphia on September 9. The voyage is described as highly enjoyable overall, with humor and mood lightening the journey despite a shaky landing for many in the party. Father Neptune is playfully blamed for the voyage’s antics.
An Easter crowd on Fifth Avenue passes a shabby woman dropping coal and wood as a big city life scene unfolds. A husky worker helps her, gifting a quiet moral about vanity and kindness amid urban bustle.
A northern Iowa farmer details a long effort to eradicate quack grass on a badly infested quarter section. He tiles the land, then repeatedly plows, disks, harrows, and burns to destroy underground stems, finally rotating corn with intensified cultivation. He argues cultivation, not smothering, and drainage are key to ending the weed's hold.
In a 1908 Iowa Agricultural College piece, R L Barrett warns homesteaders under the 1908 forest act to carefully assess western forest land. He notes rainfall variation, soil indicators, and high stump clearing costs from 30 to 75 dollars per acre. Dense alder birch and service berry require burning and soil damage risks, with one season lost and no immediate return.
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